Episode 83: Tracie Young on life as a singer, The Jam, The Style Council, Respond, John Weller and more…

Welcome to another epic episode of The Paul Weller Fan Podcast with Tracie! AKA Tracie Young.
The singer, 80s Pop Star, TV Presenter & Radio Broadcaster talks about 80s hairdos, The Jam, The Style Council, Respond Records, her solo career, touring and recording with Paul Weller along with the truth behind the second album that remained unreleased for over 25 years.

Episode 82: Omar Lye-Fook MBE on The Style Council and working on his new album with Paul Weller…

Omar Lyefook MBE is without doubt, one of the greatest soul music talents the United Kingdom has produced in the last 35 years. He’s a genuinely unique artist.

Episode 81: Roger Nowell – Head Roadie / Guitar Tech for Paul Weller

Roger Nowell has been a part of the Paul Weller crew / family since 1999 – when he started as drum tech for Steve White. A fine bass player in his own right, he soon moved on to work directly with Paul (and his guitars) and has been Head Roadie since the 22 Dreams days.

Episode 80: Nicole Nodland talks Photography, Paul Weller and Prince…

On Episode 80 of The Paul Weller Fan Podcast, I am joined by the fabulous force of nature that is Nicole Nodland. It was a real delight to spend time with Nicole and to hear her incredible journey to now.

Episode 78: Junior Giscombe – Soul Music Legend – The Council Collective – Red Wedge

What a dream to be joined by one of the most successful UK soul artists of all time on the Paul Weller Fan Podcast. Junior Giscombe has had a long and varied career – singing from the age of fourteen in the early 1970s to working as a performer, songwriter and within various areas of production, demonstrating his wide-ranging talents as a musician.

Episode 77: Tom Doyle – White Label + Music Journalist

Tom Doyle is an acclaimed music journalist, author, and long-standing contributor to music magazines Sound on Sound, Mojo and Q. Over the years, he has been responsible for key magazine profiles of Paul McCartney, Elton John, Yoko Ono, Keith Richards, U2, Madonna, Kate Bush, and R.E.M., among many other artists. As a musician, he’s one half of White Label, a writing/production duo who have collaborated with Paul on various special releases over the past 6 years.

2021…Thanks for Listening and All That!

If you’d have told me at the beginning of January 2021 that this year, my podcast would have featured two actual members of The Jam and Paul’s partner in music throughout the whole of The Style Council, I’m not sure that I would have believed you. Let alone getting to chat with a fella whoContinue reading “2021…Thanks for Listening and All That!”

Episode 74: Chris Bostock – Honorary Councillor / JoBoxers / Subway Sect

In this episode, Dan chats to musician Chris Bostock about his career and work a Honorary Councillor on Café Bleu – playing on “Here’s One That Got Away” and double bass on “The Paris Match” with Tracey Thorn on vocals.

Episode 73: Camelle Hinds – Honorary Councillor / The Style Council / Paul Weller Band + Central Line + Hindsight

In this episode, Dan chats to Bass Player, Singer, Song-Writer, Camelle Hinds about his career and playing with The Style Council and Paul Weller Solo…

Episode 72: Derek D’Souza – Photographer, The Jam, Paul Weller, In The Crowd…

In this episode of The Paul Weller Fan Podcast, I am joined by photographer Derek D Souza.
Derek started taking photos of Paul Weller over 40 years ago – snapping The Jam at various gigs and soundchecks before the famous shoot at Chiswick House in London.

Episode 71: Villagers – Conor O’Brien

I am constantly amazed by the guests who say YES to coming on the podcast. So many hugely talented individuals with connections to Paul Weller – and I was absolutely blown away to get a message back a few months ago that the huge talent that is Conor O Brien, otherwise known as the man behind Villagers, would be up for chatting. Amazing!.

Stone Foundation & Paul Weller – A magical collaboration…

Stone Foundation are a fabulous band and for us Paul Weller fans, they’ve also created some amazing collaborations that have given us some extra (and very, very special) Weller-related releases outside of his own solo work over the past few years.